vietnam war

Boeing KC-135 model with winglets found on eBay. Source: http://www.ebay.com/itm/NASA-USAF-AIR-FORCE-KC-135-WINGLETS-MODEL-KC135-/251161721311?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a7a67b9df Seller's description:

North American YAT-28E model manufactured by Topping found on eBay. URL: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Topping-North-American-YAT-28E-Desk-Model-/200623021654?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2eb6105e56

I came across this very interesting article, and other material, at the Quiet Aircraft Association's YO-3A website: http://www.yo-3a.com/ Night Stalkers U.S. soldiers in Vietnam heard rumors of ghosts; the Viet Cong chalked it up to bad luck. By Roger Warner Air & Space Magazine, May 01, 2004...

Rotorcycles In the early 1950s the US Marine Corps was considering a single seat portable ultra light helicopter which could be airdropped. The programme was conducted by the US Navy’s Office of Naval Research and included the following designs: Hiller 1033 Rotorcycle: Two prototypes...

North American Rockwell OV-10D NOS (Night Observation Surveillance) Bronco Source: http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?65214-OV-10-Bronco-commercial-catalog-%28issue-1964%29/page2

I came across the following article from an old Janes Fighting Ships (1969 edition I believe) If these vessels had been realised, what effect would they have had? No doubt there would have been an impact on the later LHA prgramme. Fast Deployment Logistic Ship (FDL): 40,500 tons (FL) 855 x 104...

Started in 1968, the Quiet One, an OH-6A Loach was modified to conduct a classified mission in December of 1972, to deploy a group of trained Laotian commandos into North Vietnam to tap into communication lines connecting NVA commanders. All operations were to be conducted at night. Pictures...

i found this Picture of Tank called "XM-759 MTV" very unusual track design. source http://www.ljplus.ru/img4/m/r/mrbolshevik/proto.jpg

The Garrett Systems STAMP. Does anybody have any information about it?

Hi, I'm looking for information on a program that the US Army was doing R&D work in for a family of articulated hull armoured vehicles. I remember seeing some photos of a proposed recce scout car version, and believe there were other variants proposed. Cheers, Matt

I came across this neat OSS briefing film referenced in the Wikipedia article on the M29 Weasel. The 10 minute video--worth the wait, I promise--includes some discussion of the various alternative approaches to travel across ice and snow that were evaluated as well as a lot of footage of the...

Convair submitted the Model 49 as its proposal for the Advanced Aerial Fire Support System (AAFSS) competition. From Modeling Madness: Sources: http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread72972/pg1 http://modelingmadness.com/scotts/viet/us/army/model49.htm

Hi, in Flightglobal site,they spoke about the Boeing Vertol LIT (light intratheatre transport) a tilt-wing V/STOL cargo aircraft,does anyone know more about it ?. http://www.flightglobal.com/PDFArchive/View/1970/1970%20-%200235.html?search=Boeing%20LIT%20helicopter

you know it from TV in Star Trek, the Klingons and Romulan use Cloaking device or in Anime Full Metall Panic, have Invisible Helicopter. only Sci Fi ? NO ! in 2006 David Schurig and his colleagues at Duke University in Durham, imagined the first and most primitive Cloaking device . It...

i found Little Homepage about the Gyrodyne Model QH-50D http://www.gyrodynehelicopters.com/qh-50d1.htm (of course also the Other model QH-50 A to Nite Panther) A Navy Drone from 1966 original used as Sonar detection Drone later ARPA's weaponization of the QH-50D; program ATTACK DRONE and...

Is this AH-1Z a newer version of the AH-1 Cobra gunship? The designation is the same, but i don't know if the helicopter is the same.

Looking for information on the Lockheed Twister high mobilty vehicle. I found this —link broken, removed — Anything further would be gratefully recieved. TIA, Robunos P.S. How do I make URLs clickable?

Just wondering if anyone knows what the tested maximum altitude and speed of the A-12/SR71 was? I contacted the USAF recently and they simply stuck to the published figures saying it flew at 85,000ft and could reach Mach 3.3. This doesn't seem to make sense as variants of the F-4, F-104 and...

Found via google patent search. Northrop design, seems to be related to early stages of AX. Patent: D218,856 https://patents.google.com/patent/USD218856S/en

Blackbird: Beyond the Secret Missions A classic book, full of fascinating details about the design and operations of the A-12, YF-12 and SR-71, with good material on peripheral matters like Soviet MiG-25 and MiG-31 and Swedish JA-37 interceptions. <a...